View users and SharePoint groups and edit the Quick Launch group list

As a site owner, you can view all users that have been granted access to your site as well as all SharePoint groups for your site. Note that in previous versions of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, all users must be added to at least one group. However, in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, users can be added to a site without adding them to a group.

Note: Prior to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, SharePoint groups were called site groups.

By default, all SharePoint groups are listed on the People and Groups: All Groups page. This includes the default SharePoint groups, any SharePoint groups added to this site, and any SharePoint groups inherited from the parent site. However, you can edit the group list to control which groups appear under the Groups heading in the Quick Launch of the People and Groups pages.

View users

Browse to the site on which you want to view the list of users.

On the Site Actions menu
, click Site Settings.

Note: On a site for which the Site Actions menu is customized, point to Site Settings, and then click the settings that you want to view.

On the Site Settings page, in the Users and Permissions section, click People and groups.

On the People and Groups page, in the Quick Launch, click All People.

All users that have been added directly to this site, added to a SharePoint group, or were inherited from the parent site appear in the People and Groups: All People list.

View SharePoint groups

Browse to the site on which you want to view the list of SharePoint groups.

On the Site Actions menu
, click Site Settings.

Note: On a site for which the Site Actions menu is customized, point to Site Settings, and then click the settings that you want to view.

On the Site Settings page, in the Users and Permissions section, click People and groups.

On the People and Groups page, in the Quick Launch, click Groups.

All SharePoint Groups available to this site are listed on the People and Groups: All Groups list.

Edit the Quick Launch group list

Browse to the site on which you want to view the list of SharePoint groups.

On the Site Actions menu
, click Site Settings.

Note: On a site for which the Site Actions menu is customized, point to Site Settings, and then click the settings that you want to view.

On the Site Settings page, in the Users and Permissions section, click People and groups.

On the People and Groups page, in the Quick Launch, click Groups.

On the People and Groups: All Groups page, on the Settings menu, click Edit Group Quick Launch.

On the Edit Group Quick Launch page, in the Groups section, add the SharePoint groups that you want to appear and remove the SharePoint groups that you do not want to appear on the Quick Launch.